Vault 7 (HIVE) Hack for Linux

**chiques** · March 20th, 2017

Is Ubuntu vulnerable to this?

https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/#HIVE

**QIII** · March 20th, 2017

States, with their vast resources, can do many things -- including hacking Linux. However, it is extraordinarily unlikely that they are going to be concerned about hacking your collection of downloaded cat images.

You would be much better served concerning yourself with what criminals and thieves are doing.

**Perfect Storm** · March 20th, 2017

Originally Posted by QIII

However, it is extraordinarily unlikely that they are going to be concerned about hacking your collection of downloaded cat images.

An envy person at the gov. I have a rather large lol-cat collection you know

**chiques** · March 20th, 2017

Originally Posted by QIII

States, with their vast resources, can do many things -- including hacking Linux. However, it is extraordinarily unlikely that they are going to be concerned about hacking your collection of downloaded cat images.

You would be much better served concerning yourself with what criminals and thieves are doing.

After I clear all the noise here, it appears the answer to my question is- yes.

**QIII** · March 20th, 2017

The answer is: Those specific things? Who knows. Can States in general do such things? Yes.

There being no support question here, moved to Recurring.

**chiques** · March 20th, 2017

Originally Posted by QIII

The answer is: Those specific things? Who knows. Can States in general do such things? Yes.

There being no support question here, moved to Recurring.

I'm asking with respect to the most recent published information. Other platforms have announced patches. I was just curious if there are patches planned for the Linux Kernel.